16He will speak to the people for you, and it will be as if he were your mouth and as if you were God to him.


In Context

13 But Moses said, "O Lord, please send someone else to do it."

14 Then the Lord 's anger burned against Moses and he said, "What about your brother, Aaron the Levite? I know he can speak well. He is already on his way to meet you, and his heart will be glad when he sees you.

15 You shall speak to him and put words in his mouth; I will help both of you speak and will teach you what to do.

16 He will speak to the people for you, and it will be as if he were your mouth and as if you were God to him.

17 But take this staff in your hand so you can perform miraculous signs with it."

18 Then Moses went back to Jethro his father-in-law and said to him, "Let me go back to my own people in Egypt to see if any of them are still alive." Jethro said, "Go, and I wish you well."

Exodus 4:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:16And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, [even] he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:16He shall speak in thy stead to the people, and shall be thy mouth: but thou shalt be to him in those things that pertain to God.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:16And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people; and it shall come to pass, that he shall be to thee a mouth, and thou shalt be to him as God.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:16And he shall speak for thee unto the people; and it shall come to pass that he shall be to thee for a mouth, and thou shalt be to him for God.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:16And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and it shall come to pass, that he shall be to thee a mouth, and thou shalt be to him as God.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:16And he shall speak for thee to the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:16He will be your spokesman to the people; and it will happen, that he will be to you a mouth, and you will be to him as God.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:16and he, he hath spoken for thee unto the people, and it hath come to pass, he — he is to thee for a mouth, and thou — thou art to him for God;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:16And he shall be your spokesman to the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to you instead of a mouth, and you shall be to him instead of God.